Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, Ryan Oakley is a 2016 graduate of Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Studio and Spanish. She is a multimedia artist creating anything from digital works of art and logos to traditional drawings and oil paintings. She is inspired by comic book art and diverse and strong women, which is often reflected in her work.

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In 2018, Ryan was 1 of 50 artists selected out of 3,000 submissions for Power to the Polls, a national voter registration drive and traveling art exhibitions. This led to a commission to create women's rights posters for NARAL: Pro-choice America and Unite for Justice for their national day of action August, 26, 2018.

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Currently, Ryan has been immersing herself and learning about the comics industry. She recently had a piece featured in the back of the comic book Bitter Root (Issue #3) and has a short comic in the anthology Invisible Illness.

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Ryan resides in North Carolina.